Apples from Golan Heights cross into Syria

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QUNEITRA, Syria - Six trucks carrying cartons of apples crossed this contentious border Monday, the first time it has seen commercial traffic in more than 30 years.

Damascus agreed earlier this month to allow Druze farmers living in the Golan Heights to sell their apples inside Syria. Since Israel and Syria last fought over the plateau in the 1973 war, the crossing essentially has been used only by Syrian brides marrying into Druze families and Druze students traveling to study in Syria.

But the UN-monitored business transaction, carried out by the Swiss-plated trucks of the International Committee of the Red Cross, may only be a one-time affair.

Syria's foreign ministry said last month that the apples would enter Syria through Quneitra on the Golan border, 65 kilometers southwest of Damascus, under the supervision of the United Nations Disengagement and Observer Forces, which made the necessary arrangements.

Haaretz

[German worker]

1. Biggest Anti Syrian demonstration yet in Lebanon.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7179978/

Looks like about double what the killers Hezbollah forced out into the street with their threats.